Endemic Birds of Peru

No matter where you stand in Peru, for sure you'll be amazingly close from a bird you won't see anywhere else.

Just 90kms north of Lima, for example, in the Lomas de Lachay National Reserve, you'll find two of them: the Raimondi's Yellow-finch and the Thick-billed Miner. A little further but without even moving from the Lima department, in the heights of Marcapomacocha (a 4-hour drive east from Lima city), you can spot the White-bellied Cinclodes, one of the rarest of all furnarids, and the black-breasted Hillstar.

Of course, there are plenty more, from the Plain-tailed Warbling Finch -which can be seen in the high Andean woodlands-, to the Bearded Mountaineer Hummingbird and the several other endemic species of the Manu National Park.

The following is a complete list of the endemic bird species of Peru.

1. Taczanowski's Tinamou - Nothoprocta taczanowskii
2. Kalinowski's Tinamou - Nothoprocta kalinowskii
3. Junin Grebe - Podiceps taczanowskii
4. White-winged Guan - Penelope albipennis
5. Junin Rail - Laterallus tuerosi
6. Yellow-faced Parrotlet - Forpus xanthops
7. Cloud-forest Screech Owl - Otus marshalli
8. Long-whiskered Owlet - Xenoglaux loweryi
9. Koepcke's Hermit - Phaethornis koepckeae
10. Spot-throated Hummingbird - Leucippus taczanowskii
11. Leucippus sp. ìAmpayî Hummingbird
12. Green-and-white Hummingbird - Amazilia viridicauda
13. Peruvian Piedtail - Phlogophilus harterti
14. Rufous-webbed Brilliant - Heliodoxa branickii
15. Black-breasted Hillstar - Oreotrochilus melanogaster
16. White-tufted Sunbeam - Aglaeactis castelnaudii
17. Purple-backed Sunbeam - Aglaeactis aliciae
18. Royal Sunangel - Heliangelus regalis
19. Coppery-naped Puffleg - Eriocnemis sapphiropygia
20. Bronze-tailed Comet - Polyonymus caroli
21. Coppery Metaltail - Metallura theresiae
22. Fire-throated Metaltail- Metallura eupogon
23. Black Metaltail - Metallura phoebe
24. Gray-bellied Comet - Taphrolesbia griseiventris
25. Bearded Mountaineer - Oreonympha nobilis
26. Marvelous Spatuletail - Loddigesia mirabilis
27. Scarlet-banded Barbet Capito wallacei
28. Yellow-browed Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus huallagae
29. Speckle-chested Piculet Picumnus steindachneri
30. Fine-barred Piculet - Picumnus subtilis
31. Black-necked Woodpecker - Colaptes atricollis
32. Coastal Miner - Geositta peruviana
33. Dark-winged Miner - Geositta saxicolina
34. Thick-billed Miner - Geositta crassirostris
35. Striated Earthcreeper - Upucerthia serrana
36. Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes - Cinclodes taczanowskii
37. White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus
38. Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail - Leptasthenura pileata
39. White-browed Tit-Spinetail - Leptasthenura xenothorax
40. Eye-ringed Thistletail - Schizoeaca palpebralis
41. Vilcabamba Thistletail - Schizoeaca vilcabambae
42. Puna Thistletail - Schizoeaca helleri
43. Apurimac Spinetail - Synallaxis courseni
44. Russet-bellied Spinetail - Synallaxis zimmeri
45. Chinchipe Spinetail - Synallaxis chinchipensis
46. Great Spinetail- Siptornopsis hypochondriacus
47. Baron's Spinetail - Cranioleuca baroni
48. Marcapata Spinetail - Cranioleuca marcapatae
49. Creamy-crested Spinetail - Cranioleuca albicapilla
50. Canyon Canastero - Asthenes pudibunda
51. Rusty-fronted Canastero - Asthenes ottonis
52. Cactus Canastero - Asthenes cactorum
53. Pale-tailed Canastero - Asthenes huancavelicae
54. Junin Canastero - Asthenes virgata
55. Chestnut-backed Thornbird - Phacellodomus dorsalis
56. Russet-mantled Softtail - Phacellodomus berlepschi
57. Ash-throated Antwren - Herpsilochmus parkeri
58. Creamy-bellied Antwren - Herpsilochmus motacilloides
59. Black-tailed Antbird - Myrmoborus melanurus
60. Allpahuayo Antbird - Percnostola arenarum
61. White-masked Antbird - Pithys castanea
62. Pale-billed Antpitta - Grallaria carrikeri
63. Rusty-tinged Antpitta - Grallaria przewalskii
64. Bay Antpitta - Grallaria capitalis
65. Red-and-white Antpitta - Grallaria erythroleuca
66. Chestnut Antpitta - Grallaria blakei
67. Ochre-fronted Antpitta - Grallaricula ochraceifrons
68. Unicolored Tapaculo - Scytalopus unicolor
69. Large-footed Tapaculo - Scytalopus macropus
70. Rufous-vented Tapaculo - Scytalopus femoralis
71. Vilcabamba Tapaculo - Scytalopus urubambae
72. Neblina Tapaculo - Scytalopus altirostris
73. Ancash Tapaculo - Scytalopus affinis
74. Tschudiís Tapaculo - Scytalopus acutirostris
75. Peruvian Plantcutter - Phytotoma raimondii
76. Bay-vented Cotinga - Doliornis sclateri
77. White-cheeked Cotinga - Zaratornis stresemanni
78. Masked Fruiteater - Pipreola pulchra
79. Cerulean-capped Manakin - Pipra coeruleocapilla
80. Inca Flycatcher - Leptopogon taczanowskii
81. Luluís Tody-Tyrant - Poecilotriccus luluae
82. White-cheeked Tody-Tyrant - Poecilotriccus albifacies
83. Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum pulchellum
84. Mishana Tyrannulet- Zimmerius villarejoi
85. Peruvian Tyrannulet - Zimmerius viridiflavus
86. Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant - Uromyias agraphia
87. Piura Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca piurae
88. Tumbes Tyrant - Ochthoeca salvini
89. Rufous Flycatcher - Myiarchus semirufus
90. Peruvian Wren - Cinnycerthia peruana
91. Inca Wren - Thryothorus eisenmanni
92. Golden-bellied Warbler - Basileuterus chrysogaster
93. White-browed Hemispinus - Hemispingus auricularis
94. Parodi's Hemispingus - Hemispingus parodii
95. Rufous-browed Hemispingus - Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris
96. Brown-flanked Tanager - Thlypopsis pectoralis
97. Buff-bellied Tanager - Thlypopsis inornata
98. Huallaga Tanager - Ramphocelus melanogaster
99. Golden-backed Mountain Tanager - Buthraupis aureodorsalis
100. Yellow-scarfed Tanager - Iridosornis reinhardti
101. Green-capped Tanager - Tangara meyerdeschauenseei
102. Sira Tanager - Tangara phillipsi
103. Pardusco - Nephelornis oneilli
104. Cinereous Finch - Piezorhina cinerea
105. Great Inca-Finch - Incaspiza pulchra
106. Rufous-backed Inca-Finch - Incaspiza personata
107. Gray-winged Inca-Finch - Incaspiza ortizi
108. Buff-bridled Inca-Finch - Incaspiza laeta
109. Little Inca-Finch - Incaspiza watkinsi
110. Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch - Poospiza alticola
111. Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch - Poospiza rubecula
112. Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch - Poospiza caesar
113. Raimondi's Yellow-Finch - Sicalis raimondii
114. Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch - Atlapetes nationi
115. Rufous-eared Brush-Finch - Atlapetes rufigenis
116. Cuzco Brush-Finch - Atlapetes canigenis
117. Vilcabamba Brush-Finch - Atlapetes terborghi
118. ApurÌmac Brush-Finch - Atlapetes forbesi
119. Black-spectacled Brush-Finch - Atlapetes melanops
120. Selva Cacique - Cacicus koepckeae